Quote from: Anonymous on July 25, 2011, 06:40:57 PM

Quote from: enmaku on July 25, 2011, 06:27:09 PM

Quote from: Anonymous on July 25, 2011, 06:25:26 PM

Comedy value aside (though personally I find them completely unfunny), if this is going to be a serious place to discuss the future of an entire currency then perhaps we shouldn't be allowing the most vocal segment of the users to look like idiots at passing glance in a place easily accessible to the public.

Macros make you come across like a teenager or an idiot, neither of which is a good face for a public forum linked to Bitcoins.

The "serious place" ship has sailed my friend.

If you want good info and strong moderation, help us get the StackExchange site started:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/30763/bitcoin-crypto-currency

It's stagnating and could use some help and strong promotion.

Is this your project?

And as long as this forum is linked to the official Bitcoin site, the moderation staff should do their best to make it presentable to the general public and the media. That includes not allowing it to become an extension of 4chan.

While I lay no claim to the bitcoin forums as belonging to me, it seems to me that those wishing to disrupt the status quo have the burden of proof to show why their way is better. Personally, I am unconvinced by your points. You claim it is best to appeal to the media, which I hold will never embrace it. You also seem to think it will be accepted by the general public (which due to the media I think is unlikely to be the case).

Instead, I would favor targeting people who might actually use it, like pirate bay users, 4chan, <25 yr olds, and other users of peer-to-peer technologies. In my view, they are most likely to embrace bitcoin and bring it to fruition.